Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, the International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha, gives remarks on Capitol Hill during a press conference about the recent suspected hate crime at American University in Washington, D.C. (Lauren Burke/NNPA)

A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at American University, nooses and bananas (some with the words “AKA Free” on them) were found hanging in various places on the American University campus.
Dumpson is a member of the historically Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA). On May 4th, as lawmakers were debating a repeal …